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Software Engineer

I build fast, accessible web products — and the systems that keep them fast as they grow.

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01About

Software should feel calm,even when the problem isn’t.

I’m a software engineer focused on the web. I turn messy requirements into products that load fast, read clearly and hold up under real traffic — and I sweat the details users never notice, because they would notice if they were wrong.

8+Years shipping software
34Products launched
98Average Lighthouse score
Your photo · duotone

02Experience

Roles and results

Measured outcomes, not responsibilities.

  1. 2023 — presentNow

    Quillon

    Senior Software Engineer

    • Cut checkout load time (p75 LCP) from 3.1 s to 1.3 s across 14 markets.
    • Led the move to a shared design system: 40+ screens, 38% less CSS.
    • Mentored five engineers; three were promoted within a year.

  2. 2020 – 2023

    Voltaria

    Software Engineer

    • Built a real-time grid dashboard used daily by 1,200 operators.
    • Reduced API p95 latency by 46% with edge caching.

  3. 2018 – 2020

    Atelier Brume

    Front-end Developer

    • Shipped 20+ marketing sites with an average Lighthouse score of 97.
    • Introduced visual regression tests; UI bugs fell by 60%.

03Projects

Selected projects

5 case studies

04Stack

Tools I reach for

Levels in words, not percentages: expert means I’d lead a team with it.

Languages

  • TypeScriptExpert
  • JavaScriptExpert
  • SQLFluent
  • RustComfortable
  • PythonComfortable

Frameworks

  • ReactExpert
  • Next.jsExpert
  • Node.jsFluent
  • AstroComfortable

Animation

  • GSAPFluent
  • MotionFluent
  • CSS scroll-driven animationsFluent
  • three.js · WebGLExploring

Quality

  • Accessibility (WCAG 2.2)Expert
  • Web performanceExpert
  • PlaywrightFluent
  • VitestFluent

05Kind words

What colleagues say

Mihai is the engineer you give the scary project to. He asks the right questions early, then ships something calmer and faster than anyone planned.

[Name Surname][Role], [Company]

06Education

Education and certifications

  • 2024Web Performance EngineeringOpen Standards Academy
  • 2021Accessible Interfaces (WCAG 2.x)Open Standards Academy
  • 2018BSc in Computer ScienceNorthfield University of Technology

07Notes

Recent notes

The 180 KB budget: a premium site without the bloat

1 min read

OKLCH gradients that never turn grey

1 min read

Scroll-driven animations, now everywhere

1 min read

08Contact

Let’s build something calm and fast.

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